Siheyuan: The Temptation of the Mountains

With a crisp "crack" sound, the golem's huge body suddenly froze, and then it fell to the ground as if it had lost its support, raising a cloud of dust that covered the sky. As the golem fell, the entrance to a secret room that was originally hidden behind it was revealed to everyone.

Lin Ze led the way, rushing into the mysterious secret room like an arrow from a bow. After entering the secret room, his eyes were instantly attracted by an ancient and solemn stone platform. On the stone platform, a key emitting a faint blue light was lying quietly, as if it had been sleeping for a long time. Although the light was weak, it gave people a sense of existence that could not be ignored - there was no doubt that this was the second holy key that they had gone through so much hardship and searched for everywhere!

Lin Ze was excited. He took a deep breath, carefully reached out his hand, and gently grasped the holy key. However, just as he held the holy key in his hand, the entire ruins suddenly began to tremble slightly without any warning. At first, the tremor was relatively mild, but soon it became more and more violent like an earthquake, and gravel kept falling from above his head.

Faced with such an unexpected situation, the experienced Lin Ze immediately realized that this place was about to face a terrible disaster and there was no time to delay. He made a prompt decision and shouted loudly: "Hurry up! This place is going to collapse!" The voice echoed in the secret room with a hint of urgency and tension. Hearing his shouts, the others woke up as if from a dream and followed him to rush out of the secret room without hesitation.

The group stumbled and ran in the shaking passage, and from time to time they heard the roar of falling rocks and the cracking of walls. With every step forward, the danger seemed to be getting closer, but they did not retreat, with only one thought in their minds: to escape from this place that was about to collapse as soon as possible.

Finally, after a thrilling run, they successfully rushed out of the secret room and came to a relatively safe area. At this time, everyone was panting and terrified, but at the same time, they could not hide their inner joy. Because they not only successfully escaped from danger, but also successfully obtained the crucial second holy key.

Now, they already have two holy keys, and they are undoubtedly one step closer to resolving the imminent crisis. When they thought of this, everyone's face was filled with excitement and anticipation. Their steps became faster and faster, as if they were full of strength, and they rushed towards the next goal without stopping...

They headed for the next location indicated on the map, which was an ancient forest. As soon as they stepped into the edge of the forest, they felt a gloomy atmosphere. The surrounding trees were tall and twisted, with branches and leaves intertwined, almost blocking out all the sunlight.

As they were walking, suddenly thick fog filled the air and everyone had to huddle together to avoid getting separated.

Lin Ze looked solemn, concentrating on tightly grasping the holy key in his hand that was emitting a mysterious light, not daring to relax at all. At this moment, a faint roar that seemed to come from the Netherworld exploded in his ears like thunder. The sound came from far away and brought a chilling pressure.

Along with the terrifying roar, a huge beast, as big as a hill, slowly walked out from the dense fog in front. The beast was covered with sharp spikes like steel needles, each of which flashed with cold light, making people shudder. Its eyes, burning with blazing flames, revealed endless cruelty and brutality, staring at the group of uninvited guests in front of it.

"What kind of monster is this!" Someone in the crowd screamed in fear, his voice trembling with fear. Faced with such a terrifying beast, many people felt a deep sense of despair and helplessness.

However, Lin Ze, who was at the front of the team, seemed unusually calm. He took a deep breath and said loudly: "No matter what this is, we have no way out. Only by passing this level can we reach our destination!" Before he finished speaking, he led the way, holding the holy key and rushing towards the giant beast like an arrow from a string. Seeing this, the people behind him also plucked up their courage, picked up their weapons and joined this life-and-death battle.

The beast had thick skin and was extremely tough. Ordinary attacks on it were like an ant trying to shake a tree, and could not cause any substantial damage to it. For a moment, swords shone and shadows crisscrossed, and shouts of killing resounded through the sky, but the beast remained as steady as a mountain, and even opened its bloody mouth from time to time to spit out streams of blazing flames, putting everyone in an even more dangerous situation.

Lin Ze struggled to wield the Holy Key to fight the beast, while carefully observing its every move. Finally, after a fierce fight, he keenly caught a weakness of the beast - whenever it was about to launch a powerful attack, its flaming eyes would flicker slightly.

Seeing that another attack was coming, Lin Ze seized the opportunity without hesitation. At the moment when the giant beast's eyes flashed, he swung the holy key with all his strength. A dazzling blue light suddenly shot out and hit the giant beast's eyes directly.

There was only a shrill scream, and the beast trembled violently in pain, and its originally fierce and fierce attack suddenly became slow. Seeing this, everyone was overjoyed, and took this opportunity to rush forward, and all kinds of weapons rained down on the beast.

After an arduous battle, with everyone working together, the invincible beast finally fell to the ground, splashing a cloud of dust. Looking at the lifeless body of the beast lying at their feet, everyone's face was filled with joy and exhaustion after surviving the disaster.

After a short rest, Lin Ze led everyone to continue to march forward with firm steps towards the depths of the forest without hesitation. There, their next hopeful goal was hidden, waiting for them to explore and conquer...

They continued walking in the forest and soon came to a wide river. The water was fast and had a strange green color, and it emitted a faint stench. Just as everyone was worrying about how to cross the river, Lin Ze discovered that there were some floating stones at intervals on the river surface.

Lin Ze was the first to step on a stone to test it out, and found that he could barely stand. So he stepped on the stones carefully and jumped to the other side, and everyone followed closely. But halfway through, several strange fish covered in slime suddenly jumped out of the river, opened their mouths full of sharp teeth and bit everyone. Lin Ze hurriedly used the holy key to emit light to drive them away, and finally reached the other side.

Going deeper into the forest, an ancient temple appeared before them. The temple door was closed, and strange runes were carved all around. Lin Ze inserted the two holy keys into the corresponding grooves, and the temple door slowly opened. A dazzling light shot up from inside. The light seemed to contain the key to solving the crisis. Lin Ze and others walked into the temple with awe, to meet new challenges and hopes.

As they walked into the temple, the dazzling light gradually dissipated, and they saw a huge statue in the center, holding a crystal ball emitting colorful light in its hand.

Lin Ze walked closer and saw that there seemed to be images flowing in the crystal ball, showing how to deal with the crisis, but the images were blurry. At this moment, the ground suddenly shook, and the surrounding stone pillars began to slowly sink. It turned out that this temple was also a trap.

Lin Ze frowned, his brain working rapidly, trying to come up with a way to deal with the current predicament. Suddenly, his eyes were attracted by the base of the statue. On the base, there were several mysterious symbols engraved, which were surprisingly similar to the runes seen outside!